Australian Economy

Business indicators hit dollar

David Llewellyn-Smith
Monday, 30 May 2016
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From the ABS:

MARCH KEY FIGURES

Dec Qtr 15 to Mar Qtr 16
Mar Qtr 15 to Mar Qtr 16
%
%
Sales of goods and services (Chain volume measures)
Manufacturing
Trend
-1.0
-4.0
Seasonally Adjusted
-0.3
-4.3
Wholesale trade
Trend
1.8
3.7
Seasonally Adjusted
3.2
3.5
Inventories (Chain volume measures)
Trend
0.1
0.3
Seasonally Adjusted
0.4
0.6
Company gross operating profits
Trend
-3.1
-6.6
Seasonally Adjusted
-4.7
-8.4
Wages and salaries
Seasonally Adjusted
0.6
3.5

MARCH KEY POINTS

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About the author
David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.